Ireland’s President Michael Higgins has dissolved parliament to clear the way for a Nov. 29 election that will determine who ...

Fine Gael will insist that Coalition partners agree to charge asylum seekers €238 a week for accommodation and immediately ...

The restaurant sector is backing Fine Gael's promise to cut the VAT rate for food-led hospitality, excluding hotels.

Fine Gael has rejected suggestions that its new VAT plan will trigger higher gas and electricity prices for households and ...

A Fine Gael Government minister has distanced himself from a jibe against teachers by Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary as he ...

Mr O’Leary endorsed Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke in the Longford–Westmeath constituency, adding that he would give his ...

There is likely to be a “very significant increase” in deportations in the coming years, Taoiseach Simon Harris said as he ...

Based on current poll ratings, omens are good for the two government parties as Sinn Féin’s route to power is far more ...

Mary Lou McDonald urged voters to support her party and ‘change the government’. Mary Lou McDonald has refused to rule out ...

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said he was broadly in favour of Vat reform while out canvassing in Douglas, Co Cork today.

The VAT pledge comes just more than a month after the coalition Government chose not to – despite extensive lobbying from the ...

At the last general election four years ago, Sinn Féin - the main opposition party in the Republic - surprised political ...